Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA 4 August is the one-year anniversary of the fertilizer explosion in Beirut port that killed 217 people and injured at least 7,000 – the port was destroyed along with the grain silos. One year on, critics say not much has improved in the port.
Moroccan officials say the government subsidy programs will be reformed and that general subsidies on wheat and wheat flour will be fully removed by 2023. However, eligible families will still be supported with “special payment plans” for hardship situations. Morocco cereal crops as reported by the FAO will increase from 3.4 MMT in 2020 to 10 MMT in 2021. Wheat production will be up by 4.6 MMT to 7.2 MMT with barley u...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
The yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventer), also known as the rock chuck, is a large, stout-bodied ground squirrel in the marmot genus.[2] It is one of fourteen species of marmots, and is native to mountainous and semi-arid regions of southwestern Canada and western United States, includin...
